John 2:6
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
KJV
ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ λίθιναι ὑδρίαι ἓξ κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων κείμεναι, χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ τρεῖς.
Greek NT
Erant autem ibi lapideæ hydriæ sex positæ secundum purificationem Judæorum, capientes singulæ metretas binas vel ternas.
Vulgate
Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.
ASV
Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καθαρισμός
katharismos
noun · 7×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κεῖμαι
keimai
verb · 23×
λίθινος
lithinos
adjective · 3×
μετρητής
metretes
noun · 1×
τρεῖς
treis
adjective · 67×
χωρέω
choreo
verb · 9×
ἀνά
ana
preposition · 13×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
ἕξ
ex
adjective · 12×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑδρία
udria
noun · 3×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: λίθιναι ὑδρίαι | WH/Treg/NIV: λίθιναι ὑδρίαι | RP: ὑδρίαι λίθιναι
- λίθιναι ὑδρίαι — SBLGNT
- λίθιναι ὑδρίαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὑδρίαι λίθιναι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων κείμεναι | WH/Treg/NIV: κατὰ … Ἰουδαίων κείμεναι | RP: κείμεναι κατὰ … Ἰουδαίων
- κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων κείμεναι — SBLGNT
- κατὰ … Ἰουδαίων κείμεναι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κείμεναι κατὰ … Ἰουδαίων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1613On the threshold of his public life Jesus performs his first sign - at his mother's request - during a wedding feast.105 The Church attaches great importance to Jesus' presence at the wedding at Cana. She sees in it the confirmation of the goodness of marriage and the proclamation that thenceforth marriage will be an efficacious sign of Christ's presence.
§2618The Gospel reveals to us how Mary prays and intercedes in faith. At Cana,89 The mother of Jesus asks her son for the needs of a wedding feast; this is the sign of another feast - that of the wedding of the Lamb where he gives his body and blood at the request of the Church, his Bride. It is at the hour of the New Covenant, at the foot of the cross,90 that Mary is heard as the W…
§89Faith also possesses a moral content. It gives rise to and calls for a consistent life commitment; it entails and brings to perfection the acceptance and observance of God's commandments. As Saint John writes, "God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth... And by t…
Cross-references
- Eph 5:26 — That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- Heb 6:2 — Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
- Heb 9:10 — Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
- Heb 9:19 — For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all
- Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
- John 3:25 — Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- John 3:25 — Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- Mark 7:2 — And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
- Mark 7:4 — And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.